The Texas legislature passed two bills that signal support for bitcoin mining and halted one in the session that adjourned on May 29. egreechee reports
. Demand-response programs are various schemes in which miners get power credits for curtailing their operations at times of peak energy demand.
State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, the bill’s lead sponsor did not respond to CoinDesk’s request for comment on this story. "More miners in the [demand-response] program means more load can be reliably called on to help balance the grid," said Dennis Porter, who leads another industry advocacy group, Satoshi Action Fund."We are increasing communication with the PUC and ERCOT which will improve transparency and publicly available data on mining which ultimately is good for the industry," he noted.
However, the opposition of SB 1751 isn't what defeated it, said Jackie Sawicky, who has brought together hundreds of Texas residents in an activist group called
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